Please join the Forest Hills Jewish Center for its annual Yom Ha’Atzmaut Zimriyah, on Monday at 7:30 p.m. The annual program is sponsored by the Avidor family in loving memory of Arie Avidor, and will feature a tribute to the music of Arik Einstein. The program will begin with evening prayer services and will include Israeli-style café foods. This program is free of charge. Click here for more info or to submit an event of your own

Ex-NYPD cop from Queens arrested for Brooklyn anti-Semitic graffiti

A Queens man, who reportedly once worked as an NYPD officer, has been arrested for allegedly leaving anti-Semitic graffiti on buildings and vehicles in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Read more: The Queens Courier

Mayor de Blasio to announce affordable housing plan

New Yorkers are set to hear how Mayor de Blasio plans to achieve an ambitious goal: building or preserving 200,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years. Read more: NBC New York

Schumer calls for powdered alcohol ban

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is asking the Food and Drug Administration to prevent a powdered alcohol from reaching store shelves this fall, saying that it would become “the Kool-Aid of teen binge drinking.” Read more: Fox New York